Morales Wins Bronze at Pan Am Games

A week after winning the Junior Pan American Taekwondo championship, 15-year-old Deireanne Morales (Lynwood, Calif.) has added a Pan Am Games bronze medal to her collection. Morales won a bronze medal in Saturday's female flyweight (-49kg) division in Guadalajara, Mexico.

She started the day with an overtime victory over Guatemala's Elizabeth Zamora and then a 10-3 win over Brazil'sKatia Arakaki to reach the medal round. There Morales faced a seasoned vet in 2008 Olympian and 2007 Pan Am Games bronze medalist Ivett Gonda of Canada. Gonda prevailed in the match, 8-3, and went on to win the gold medal over Peru'sLizbeth Julissa Diaz Canseco. Mexico'sJannet Alegria claimed the other bronze medal in the division.